The University of California will establish the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C., as part of a concerted educational, research and advocacy effort centered on the First Amendment’s critical importance to American democracy, UC President Janet Napolitano announced today (Oct. 26).

Campus Newsrooms

UC San Diego

Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, reserarchers are zeroing in on compounds that could prevent the disease.

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How do our bodies fight off dangerous chemicals?

Fig. 1 by University of California

February 24, 2015

Cells are like night club bouncers, says UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun: With every substance that a cell encounters, it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in.

How do our bodies fight off dangerous chemicals?

Cells are like night club bouncers, says UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun: With every substance that a cell encounters, it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in.

How much sugar are you really eating?

Fig. 1 by University of California

February 3, 2015

In the near future, the Nutrition Facts label on the back of packaged foods will have a new look and more information. UC Davis' Kimber Stanhope explains how this will reveal the amount of sugar that is added to our foods.

How much sugar are you really eating?

In the near future, the Nutrition Facts label on the back of packaged foods will have a new look and more information. UC Davis' Kimber Stanhope explains how this will reveal the amount of sugar that is added to our foods.

Ebola 101

UC Berkeley

October 8, 2014

An infectious-disease expert at UC Berkeley offers a primer on the deadly Ebola virus.

Ebola 101

An infectious-disease expert at UC Berkeley offers a primer on the deadly Ebola virus.

New tactics, old foe: malaria

UC Irvine

October 25, 2013

Vector biologist Anthony James takes a fresh look at how mosquitoes transmit malaria and other diseases.

New tactics, old foe: malaria

Vector biologist Anthony James takes a fresh look at how mosquitoes transmit malaria and other diseases.